The Khoda-Afarin bridges seen from Iran. Photo: Koorosh Nozad Tehrani flickr.com
On November 10th, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement that ended a six-week war over territories claimed by both sides.
The war resulted in a clear victory for Azerbaijan.
Under the Russian-brokered agreement, most of the territory that Armenia captured during the previous war in the 1990s was returned to Azerbaijan by November 25th.
The original source of the conflict, the
Armenian enclave of Karabakh, was handed over to Russian peacekeepers.
As of writing, its future is yet to be determined.
The three regional powers
The biggest regional winners were Russia,